Cash and parcel carrier



(NOMOdeL) Q A. BADGER & W. F. LAKIN.

CASH AND PARCEL CARRIER.

Patented Mar. 31, 1885.

N. PETERS. Photu-Lilhngrnpher, Washingion. D. C.

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GEORGE A. BADGER AND VVILBER FOVLER LAKIN, OF QUINOY, ASSIGNORS TOJOI-IN H. LAIIIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CEL CARRIER.

;.3PIC FICA"E.I\I forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,558, datedMarch 3]., 1885.

A pplicuiion filed May T all whom, it 71mg/ concer/z Be it known thatwe, GEORGE A. BADGER and WILBER F. LAKIN. .both of Quincy, in the countyof Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, 5 have invented certainImprovements in Cash and Parcel Carriers, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this' specification, in which-Figure I represents one end of a wire track in an elevated position,with a carrierv having our improvements applied thereto. Fig. II is anelevation of the carrier detached, with our improved locking,cushioning, and starting devicesin their normal position. Fig. III is aplan of the top of the same. Fig. IV is an inner end elevation of theguide and track support, with an adjustable stop having thecarrier-releasing device attached thereto.

stop detached. Fig. VI is a longitudinal central section through acarrier adapted to hold a memorandum book or tablet of records of salesand cash received therefor. Fig. VII is a transverse sectionon the linew x of Fig. VI. Our present invention consists in a carrier having adevice secured thereto which performs the double function of cushioningor reducing the force of the concussion of the car- 3o rier on itsarrival at the bottom of the incline, and also of starting the carrierdown the track when unlocked from its elevated position.

Our invention also consists in a device secured to a carrier for lockingthe same to the tracksupport at the depressed end, in order that it maybe raised therewith when the track is to be inclined in the oppositedirection, the carrier, when elevated and ready to return by itsgravity, being liberated from the track- 4o support by the said lockingdevice being brought into contact with the releasing device locatedabove it.

Our invention also consists in an adjustable stop for limiting theupward movement of the 4 5 track-support, the adjustable featureenabling said stop to be conveniently applied to tracks of differentlengths requiring different angles of inclination.

Our invention furthermore consists in a 5o clasp, also secured to theend of the carrier,

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for embracing the ,lower end of the track-sup port, in order that nolateral movement ofthe carrier may occur when locked and raised to itselevated position. j

Our invention also consists in a carrier adapted to receive a memorandumbook or tablet containing records of sales and cash received therefor,an adjustable spring-actuated support for the book or tablet beingemployed, to be hereinafter described and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to linderstand and use ourinvention, we will proceed to describe the manner in which we havecarried it out.

In the said drawings, A represents a cash or parcel carrier having apair of wheels, a, resting on a wire track,B, the ends of which aresecured to supports @which are caused to slide on vertical guides D byoperating the track-inclining cords b, each of said track- 7c support-sbeing held, when elevated, by a pivoted latch, c, having a notch, d, forthe reception of a projection, e, on the track-support when brought inline therewith. At tw of the diagonal corners of the carrier are formedprojections f, to each of which is pivoted a bent lever, h., the upperend of which has pivoted thereto a long arm, t', the outer end of whichis provided with an incline and a notch forming a hook, k. The lowerouter end 8o of the lever h terminates in a cylindrical proj ection orroll` Z, extending out at right angles therewith. The inner end of thehooked arm is secured to a spiral spring, m, by means of an interposedscrew, n, which adjusts the ten- 8 5 sion ofthe same, the spring beingsecured to the carrier at p. The lever h, with its cylindricalprojection or roll Z, serves to cushion or reduce the force of theconcussion of the carrier when it reaches the depressed end of 9o thetrack, and also serves to start t-he carrier when elevated and ready toreturn down the incline in the opposite direction. The hook k performsthe oitice oi" locking the carrier to the track-support at the depressedend, in order that it may be elevated therewith when the incline ischanged. The locking device 7c and the cushioning and starting devie arerepresented in their normal positions in Figs.

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As tracks of different lengths require ditferent degrees of inclinationin order to afford a convenient means of limiting the elevation of thetrack-supports, we provide the upright guide D with van adjustable stop,G, which may be readily slid up or down,and be clamped, when adjusted tothe required height,by means of a set-screw, r; and to prevent theswinging of the lower end of the latch cinto the path of and obstructingthe track-support when being raised we provide the adjustable stop witha pin or projection, s, for the upper outer end of the latch to abutagainst, which thus limits the vibration of its lower end.

Secured to theinner end of the adjustable stop G, and extending downbelow it into the path of the carrier-locking device k, is a plate, t,under which the inclined, outer end of said device is carried when thetrack-support,with thecarrier, has been elevated to the top of theincline, the plate t serving to release the carrier and allow of itsreturn to the lower end of the track.

At the bottom of each end of the carrier is secured a bifurcatedspring-plate, a, which embraces the opposite sides of the lower end ofthe track-support, and maintains the carrier steadily in its uprightposition when locked and while being raised.

When the carrier A arrives at the bottom of the incline, the roll Z atthelower outer end of the lever h comes into contact with the lower endof the track-support, and thespring m is caused to yield, thus reducingthe force of the impact of the carrier as desired, simultaneous withwhich the incline of the hook k rides under a pin, o, projecting fromthe rear yof the track-support, and the hook is engaged therewith, thuslocking the carrier thereto.

When the carrier is elevated with the tracksupport by pulling down onthe track-inclining cord b, the projection e of the support is broughtin line with and catches into the notch ofthe pivoted latch c, whichthus holds the track-support in its elevated position until a continuedpull on the elevating-cord raises it a slight distance farther, when theincline ot the hooked arm is depressed by contact with the under side ofthe tripping-plate t and the hook 7c is released, thus leaving thecarrier free to descend the incline, the liberation of the spring mcausing the roll Z to exert a forcible pressure against and away fromthe tracksupport and starting the carrier on its return downward asdesired.

In Figs.VI andVII is shown a carrier adaptedto hold a memorandum book ortablet. Near the top of the outside ot' each end of the carrier ispivoted an arm, H, to the inside of the lower end of which is secured aV-shaped block, I, occupying a position under the bottom of the carrier,the carrier being hollow for the reception of the book K. Each arm H isconnected with a spring, rw, which keeps it vertical in its normalposition. The two blocks I form supports for the bottom of the book, andare connected by a bent'rod, L.

To locate the book in the carrier the hand holding it is pressed againstthe rod L, so as to swing the supports to one side of the open bottom,when, after entering the book, the hand is withdrawn, and the arms H arevibrated by their springs, so as to return the supports yI under thebottom of the ends of the car, thus keeping the book in place asdesired.

Ve claiml. As an improvement in cash or parcel carriers, the device,substantially as described, secured thereto for locking the same to atracksupport, in order that the carrier may be elevated therewith, incombination with means, substantially as described, for releasing thelocking device when the carrier is ready to descend the incline.

2. A cash or parcel carrier provided at one or both ends with a hookconnected with a spring, in combination with means, substantially asdescribed, for liberating the hook when the carrierfis at the elevatedend of the track and ready to return to the depressed end thereof,substantially as described.

3. .A cash or parcel carrier having se cured thereto a device forcushioning the same when it reaches the lower end of the track, and forstarting the carrier frornits elevated position down the track, as setforth.

4. A cash or parcel carrier having one or both of its ends provided withlever h, connected with springm, the latter being extended when theouter end ofthe lever comes in contact with the track-support or itsguide, the retraction of the spring causing said end of the lever toexert a forcible pressure away from the tracksupport or its guide, asset forth.

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5. In combination with a `'cash or parcel carrier, a locking device anda cushioning and starting device having their movements controlled by aspring, for the purpose described.

(i. A cash or parcel carrier having a clasping device secured thereto,in combination with the device, substantially as described,

located at the end of the track, for the 'purpose specified.

7. A spring-clasp, u, secured to a cash or parcel carrier, incombination with a tracksupport or its guide, for the purpose described.

8. An adjustable stop, G, in combination with a track-support, C, andits guideD, for limiting the upward movement of the tracksupport, forthe purpose set forth.-

9. An adjustable stop, G, having a pin, o, in combination with and forlocking the carrier-hook 7c, as specified.

10. An adjustable stop, G, having a pin, '0, and a plate, t, incombination with a carrierhook, laas and for the purposes designated.

11. In combination with the adjustable stop G, the pin or projection s,for limiting the vi l having blocks I secured to their lower ends,bration of the notched latch c, substantially as and connected withsprings w at their upper and for the purpose explained. r

12. A carrier having its lower. end open purpose set forth. and providedwith a spring-actuated device, Witness our hands this 20th day of May,which in its normal position is looated under I 1884. the carrier toform a support for a book con- 4 tained therein7 and which niay beVibrated to one side to allow of the introduction and removal of thebook, as described.

13. A hollow carrier having an open bottom, in Combination with a pairof arms, H,

GEORGE A. BADGER. VILBER FOWLER LAKIN.

In presence of- N. W. STEARNS, J As. W. CHAPMAN.

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